Curb Appeal: Exciting Ways to Enhance the Appearance of Your Home

By Sunset Magazines & Books

Book Overview

If you're cashing out in the hot housing market or staying put for the next 30 years-make your home's first impression a spectacular one, with Curb Appeal. Dozens of before-and-after pictures show how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037601167X
• ISBN13: 9780376011671
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Oxmoor House
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Curb aprove

What i realyy wanted to know before I purchase the book, was did it have a little section of how too created more less some of the gardens that werein the book. The pictures were great and it does help, you do look at your landscape in a whole different way. I have been abel to take different landscape fronm the books I order too start lanscaping my from lawn.

Great book for modest-sized homes with great before/after photos

This books uses before and after photos to show what improvements were made and why they were made. The homes appear to be moderate-sized homes mostly built 1920-1940. It shows how to add character. It will give you ideas that you can try a project here and another later, if your budget doesn't allow a full-scale project now. Many styles of homes are featured in the book. I found this book better than Megan Connelly's book: Design Ideas for Curb Appeal by Creative Homeowner, in which the homes featured don't show before and after photos. Instead most of the houses Ms. Connelly featured had to be 6,000 sq feet or larger. Many were newly-built obviously by people who had a lot of money. The sunset book, on the other hand, illustrates ideas on a less expensive scale. I watch all of the HGTV design shows, including Curb Appeal. But prior to this Sunset book, I wasn't sure where to start. I now have the confidence to take on Curb Appeal because "I get it".

Curb Appeal

I was so excited when I flipped through this book that I bought 4 for gifts. Generally I only browse through magazines, where I can clip great ideas and toss the rest. Most books on this topic have a few good ideas and the rest is noninspirational. Page after page. I was inspired and excited. I almost wanted to go buy a fixer-upper so I could utilize some of the fantastic ideas. This book is a keeper for sure.

Loved Curb Appeal!

Great ideas for all styles of homes. Gets your immagination working to view your own home with a new sense of creativity, whether inspired to use the complete redo or a partial version thereof. Depicts realistic "before" photos, as well as the "after" photos.

Fresh ideas for enhancing a home's appearance

Curb Appeal: Exciting Ways To Enhance The Appearance Of Your Home provides fascinating before-and-after photos to show how changes in paint, decoration and landscaping can create a new look to a tired home. Fifteen projects are geared to the do-it-yourself homeowner, from fences to outdoor lighting and trim, and provide fresh ideas for enhancing a home's appearance.